Personal statement


Born:October 31, 1982, Ningbo, China

Current city: Shanghai, China


Education Information

09/2008-07/2010, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands

Program: MFA Painting

Master's Degree of Fine Arts

2009, exchange program at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, Philadelphia, USA

Program: MFA Painting


09/2005-06/2008, Art College of Sichuan University, Sichuan China

Program: Chinese Landscape Painting

Master's Degree of Fine Arts


09/2001-06/2005, College of Fine Arts of Southwest China Normal University, Chongqing, China

Program: Chinese Painting

Bachelor's Degree of Literature


Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2011

Bazaar Compatible Program #4, "Ideal & Useless Space", October 26th--November 20th, De Yi Studio, Shanghai, China

The Landscape is Called Sweet Faith, October 23rd, 2010--February 19th, 2011, Museum aan de A7 (Rabobank Drachten), the Netherlands

2010

When the Lines Turn into a Silhouette, December 15th--January 15th, 2009-2010, stichting WEP, Groningen, the Netherlands


Group Exhibitions

2012
Women's Lines, January, 2012, Pantocrator Gallery / La Pan, Barcelona, Spain

2011

Top Event, Session Three--Bi Rongrong Open Studio (The studio as an installation), September 5th-30th, 2011, West M50, Shanghai, China

Top Event, Session Two--Bi Rongrong Open Studio (Drawings), August 6th-14th, 2011, West M50, Shanghai, China

Top Event, Session one--Bi Rongrong Open Studio (Paintings and Murals), July 3rd-31st, 2011, West M50, Shanghai, China

Ongekend, Young Masters @Auction Rotterdam (Art Rotterdam 2011), February 13th, the Netherlands

2010

Present Work, Final Graduation Exhibition, June-July, Frank Mohr Institute, the Netherlands

No Surface, Kunstruimte 09, May to July, Groningen, the Netherlands

Open Studio, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, the Netherlands

Once Mohr, January 14--Febrary 6, Campis, Assen, the Netherlands

2009

Albatross, November 13--19, Meyerson Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Tomorrow's Graduates Painting Frank Mohr--Wan Ku, July 4-9, Frank Mohr Institute, Painting Department, Groningen, the Netherlands

Show Master, May 20--29, Academie Minerva, Groningen, the Netherlands

2008

Sichuan University MFA Graduation Exhibition, June 25--July 5, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

On the Road, March 25--30, Wangjiang Campus, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

2005

Knowing White, Observing Black, Ink-wash Experimental Exhibition, Southwest China University, Chongqing, China


Residency

Les Verrieres Residences-ateliers de Pont-Aven, July 2nd--September 28th, 2012, France

Stichting Waddenwerk, August 1--31, 2009, Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands


Collection

Installation The Landscape is Called Sweet Faith is collected by Museum aan de A7 (Rabobank Drachten), the Netherlands


Other Professional Experiences

Being the curator of the exhibition: On the Road--Group Exhibition of Water and Mountain Works by Postgraduate Students of Sichuan University, Southwest University and Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. March 25--30, 2008, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China